Dischord Records has announced plans to release some previously unavailable material from legendary hardcore/emo pioneers Rites of Spring. Two members of the band - vocalist/guitarist Guy Picciotto and drummer Brendan Canty - went on to Fugazi after the band split up in 1986.

The demo promises Rites of Spring in its earliest stages. The band recorded the six songs before playing their first show, and worked on the songs at Inner Ear with Don Zientara and Ian MacKaye. The release has been mastered from the original tapes and is presented exactly as it was on those cassettes in 1984 complete with the tape collages and assorted audio-graffiti.

I think it might be just the fact that it was remastered but that demo sounds as perfect as I always wished the discography sounded. I know they remastered that as well but I haven't been able to bring myself to rebuy it for some reason. The demo also made me really wish that Ginn would get off his high horse and let someone remaster the SST catalog (at the least The Descendents/ Black Flag stuff.)

Hah, good point. I guess at the end of the day, it's easier/more fun to flame everything than to say "I like this". Maybe if you guys had a "like" button like that other big website does, people could approve articles in a more passive, yet appreciative way ;)